Yoga in Public Schools - The 'Edge' of Yoga?
Here's another NY Times article about yoga, this time its about YogaEd, one of the emerging programs for bringing yoga into the public schools. There are lots of arguments for this - the decreasing physical fitness of youth in our country, the ADD 'epidemic', and other problems which stem directly from the industrial age practice of putting children in chairs in a school room to learn material by rote.
The big issue raised, and it is an issue that will always be present as we bring yoga into the west, is an issue of secular versus spiritual versus religious context. YogaEd simply tries to remove any hinduism-like aspects of yoga, and teach the physical exercise, incorporating some meditative 'time in'. A workable approach to westernizing?
Yoga seems to be emerging as an 'industry' here in the west. As a yogi who is a business owner, responsible for managing 5 large yoga centers and other related activities, I am constantly exploring the 'razor's edge' that allows us to successfully balance non-attachment (aparigraha) with paying the rent. I want to share the journey towards integrating a spiritual depth into our workplace, and tools and information I find along the way that can help.
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